| Question |
Answer |
| what are the primary colors? |
red, yellow, blue. |
| what is color? |
an element of design. |
| how is color perceived? |
color occurs when light in different wavelenghts hits our eyes. the lighting of the room is also important. |
| what is hue? |
hue is the actual color. |
| how do white and black lights occur? |
white occurs when ALL the wavelenghts are reflected back into our eye. black occurs when NO light is reflected back. |
| what are the secondary colors? |
violet, green, and orange. |
| what are teritiary colors? |
when you mix equal parts of 1 primary & 1 secondary. (example: red-violet, yellow-orange.) |
| what are the colors in the color wheel called? |
saturated colors because there is no white or black in them. |
| what are tints and shades? |
tints are saturated colors mixed with white and shades are saturated colors mixed with black. |
| what are the warm and cool colors? |
warm: red, orange, yellow, and sometimes pink. cool: blue and green. purple can be both warm and cool. |
| what are the neutral colors? |
black, white, gray, tan, and brown. |
| what is a monocromatic color harmony? |
when tints and shades of only one color are used. |
| what is an analogous color harmony? |
using three or more colors that are next to eachother on the color wheel. |
| what is a complementary color harmony? |
using two colors that are directly across from eachother on the color wheel. |
| what is a triadic color harmony? |
using 3 colors that form a triangle across the color wheel from eachother. |
| what is a split complimentary color harmony? |
usuing any color and the 2 colors next to it's complimenting color. |
| what is a neutral color harmony? |
any combination of black, brown, tan, white, or grey. |
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